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11-43-1
Section 11-43-1 Qualifications and residence of mayors, councilmen, and officers. Every mayor,
councilman, and officer elected by the whole electorate of the city or town shall be a resident
and qualified elector of the city or town in which he shall have been elected and shall reside
within the limits of the city or town during his term of office. The councilmen shall be qualified
electors of said city or town, residing within the limits of the ward from which they shall
have been elected and shall reside within the limits of said ward during the term of their
office. (Code 1907, §1069; Code 1923, §1761; Code 1940, T. 37, §403.)...
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11-41-5
Section 11-41-5 Ordering and notice of election of mayor and councilmen for incorporated municipalities;
conduct of election generally; qualifications for voting. Upon making such order of incorporation,
the judge of probate shall order an election to be held by the same inspectors or others appointed
by him for the purpose of electing a mayor and members of the council authorized by this title,
who shall, at such election, be elected from the city or town at large. Such inspectors shall
give 30 days' notice of the time and place of holding the election by posting a notice in
five public places within the limits of such town or city. Said inspectors shall have the
powers and discharge the duties as inspectors and clerks in municipal elections, and said
election shall be conducted, as far as practicable, in the manner prescribed in this title
for the election of city or town officers, and no person shall vote at such election unless
he is a qualified elector of the county and has...
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11-42-133
Section 11-42-133 Creation, etc., of wards; election of aldermen; division of wards into voting
precincts; rearrangement, etc., of boundaries of wards or voting precincts. (a) The council
or governing body of the annexing city or town shall create new wards (as many as may be deemed
to be necessary) regardless of any limitation in the charter of the annexing city or town
on the number of wards, or enlarge wards so as to embrace all territory embraced in the annexed
city or town and so as to afford opportunity to all persons in the territory embraced in the
annexed city or town to vote in all elections and participate in the government of the annexing
city or town, and each ward in the annexing city or town shall have the same number of aldermen,
but in no event shall there be more than 30 aldermen or representatives in the council or
governing body of the city or town. (b) The council or governing body of the city or town
shall elect aldermen for the wards, embracing all the territory...
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11-42-2
Section 11-42-2 Annexation election and proceedings generally; proceedings where parties consent
to annexation. Whenever the council shall pass a resolution to the effect that the public
health or public good requires that certain territory (described in the resolution) shall
be brought within the limits of the city or town: (1) It shall be the duty of the mayor to
certify a copy of such resolution to the judge of probate of the county in which the land
proposed to be annexed is situated, and said certified resolution shall have attached thereto
a plat or map of said territory, which certified resolution and plat or map shall be filed
by the judge of probate. (2) Except as provided in subdivision (9) of this section, the judge
of probate shall, not less than 10 nor more than 15 days from the date of the filing of such
resolution, make and enter an order upon the minutes of said court, directing and ordering
an election to be held by the qualified electors residing within the territory...
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11-44D-4
Section 11-44D-4 Mayor-council form of government. If a majority of the qualified electors
voting in the referendum provided herein choose a mayor-council form of government, the following
provisions of this chapter shall be applicable: (1) The municipality shall thereafter and
as provided in this chapter be governed by a mayor elected at-large and a five-member council
elected from single-member districts, which municipality shall have the same powers and duties
as herein enumerated and as other mayor-council municipalities organized under Chapter 43,
Title 11, and any other powers and duties not inconsistent with this chapter which may be
now or hereafter granted to such municipality. (2) The council shall include five members
who shall be elected from districts, which shall be, as near as practicable, of equal population
according to the last federal decennial census, but not more than five percent, more or less,
than the average of the five districts. (3) The council members shall...
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11-46-22
Section 11-46-22 Notice of elections. (a) It shall be the duty of the mayor to give notice
of all municipal elections by publishing notice thereof in a newspaper published in the city
or town, and, if no newspaper is published in the city or town, then by posting notices thereof
in three public places in the city or town. When the notice is of a regular election, the
notice shall be published on the first Tuesday in July preceding the election or the first
business day thereafter. When the notice is of a special election to be held on the second
Tuesday in a month, the notice shall be published on or before the second Tuesday of the second
month preceding the month in which the election will be held, except where otherwise provided
by law. When the notice is of a special election to be held on the fourth Tuesday of a month,
the notice shall be published on or before the fourth Tuesday of the second month preceding
the month in which the election will be held, except where otherwise...
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45-18-100
Section 45-18-100 School board districts; elections. (a) Conecuh County is divided into five
school board districts to be designated School Board District No. 1, School Board District
No. 2, School Board District No. 3, School Board District No. 4, and School Board District
No. 5. (b) The five school board districts shall be divided as follows: (1) DISTRICT 1 All
that portion of Conecuh County lying within the following described parcel: Begin at Sepulga
River on the Conecuh-Covington County line, approximately two miles east of Melrose and County
Road 43; then go north along the Conecuh-Covington County Line to the Conecuh-Butler County
line; then go west along the Conecuh-Butler County line to where the L & N Railroad crosses
the Sepulga River; then go south along the railroad to Wilcox; then follow County Road 26
for about one mile to County Road 77, and follow County Road 77 to the Evergreen city limits
to the northeast corner; then go west along the north side of the city limits...
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45-13-100.20
Section 45-13-100.20 Composition; election by districts. (a) The County Board of Education
of Clarke County shall consist of five members elected from five single-member school board
districts as hereinafter provided. (b) For the purpose of this section, and for future elections
of members of the county school board, and until otherwise reapportioned by the county board
of education pursuant to Alabama law, Clarke County is hereby divided into five county school
districts to be designated school board district no. 1, school board district no. 2, school
board district no. 3, school board district no. 4, and school board district no. 5, to be
divided as follows: (1) DISTRICT 1 Beginning at the intersection of US Hwy No 43 and Bassett
Creek, being at the south city limits of Thomasville; thence Southerly along Bassett Creek
5.0 miles, more or less, to a power line of Alabama Power Company; thence Northerly along
said power line 5.2 miles, more or less, to Co Rt 27; thence Southerly along...
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45-8A-23.050
Section 45-8A-23.050 Number, election, term. The council shall have five to seven members consisting
of one councilman who shall be elected by all of the qualified voters of the city, and the
remainder of such councilmen shall reside within a residential ward and be elected by all
of the qualified voters from such ward. Any election of councilmen shall be held and conducted,
at the same times and in the same manner, as provided by law in respect to municipal elections
in cities of this state, not organized under a commission form of government. All municipal
officers of the city shall have the same duties and responsibilities as they have with respect
to said municipal elections. The officer or officers shall issue any orders necessary to cause
all election requirements to be met. Each councilman shall hold office for four years, but
shall serve until his or her successor shall have qualified. A councilman may succeed himself
or herself in office. Each councilman elected from a...
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11-46-69
Section 11-46-69 Contest of elections - Grounds; commencement of action. (a) The election of
any person declared elected to any office of a city or town may be contested by any person
who was at the time of the election a qualified elector of such city or town for any of the
following causes: (1) Misconduct, fraud, or corruption on the part of any election official,
any marker, the municipal governing body, or any other person; (2) The person whose election
to office is contested was not eligible thereto at the time of such election; (3) Illegal
votes; (4) The rejection of legal votes; or (5) Offers to bribe, bribery, intimidation, or
other misconduct calculated to prevent a fair, free, and full exercise of the elective franchise.
(b) Any contest of such an election must be commenced within five days after the result of
the election is declared. Such contest shall be instituted in the manner prescribed by Section
17-15-29 and, except as otherwise provided in this article, all...
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